Hardware The heck is going on with GPU sales?

[kumikochan]

Capatalistic states lol. Here prices are still the same thanks to consumer protection laws

 

[Futurdreamz]

Capatalistic states lol. Here prices are still the same thanks to consumer protection laws

But how's the stock?

 

[kumikochan]

But how's the stock?

No problems with stock here. Seen some tech youtubers even flying over to Europe and talking about stock here and that ram prices and such are inflated

 

[330]

Capatalistic states lol. Here prices are still the same thanks to consumer protection laws

Ah yes, look at those cheap, cheap prices. /s

 

[kumikochan]

Ah yes, look at those cheap, cheap prices. /s

These are normal prices. They stay the same even if stock goes down plus you're not taking in 2 fact how much people earn plus that the euro is like 1.5 dollar now just as the pound is a bit higher as the euro meaning prices are also higher there since people earn more, living expenses, taxes etc wich influence pricing across countries. You also have to know that tax is already included in our price. The price you are seeing is the final price

 

[ginadajani]

Newegg Canada has dropped nearly all 1070 Tis and only has a few of the 1070s and any 1080s, all of which are out of stock. Newegg USA still has a few, but they are now $900USD for a 1070 Ti when it used to be $700CAD in Canada...


And i thought cryptocurrencies were crashing? or is everyone planning to make money through transaction fees?

With all the fuss going on with cryptocurrencies, GPU sales in my area has also been affected. Many graphics card like Nvidia Ti series, isn't available. Similarly, I've observed some massive price hikes too.

 

[Futurdreamz]

Seems the price of the 1080 has gone down, but not the 1070 Ti...

 

[Joe88]

those are still $200 over msrp, the coin markets are crashing right now

 

[SirNapkin1334]

Bitcoin. Fucking bitcoin. People with lots of $$ are buying up GPU's because they're morons and don't realize that special mining hardware has a much better cost-to-mining ratio.
Basically, bitcoin is every PC gamer's worst enemy. Luckily, I bought my Graphics Card right before it spiked, for $150.

 

[FAST6191]

People with lots of $$ are buying up GPU's because they're morons and don't realize that special mining hardware has a much better cost-to-mining ratio.

Is it as available, scaleable and resalable?

 

[cearp]

Bitcoin. Fucking bitcoin. People with lots of $$ are buying up GPU's because they're morons and don't realize that special mining hardware has a much better cost-to-mining ratio.
Basically, bitcoin is every PC gamer's worst enemy. Luckily, I bought my Graphics Card right before it spiked, for $150.

How much is the card you would have bought now/a few weeks ago when it spiked?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Anyone that bought Bitcoin-based cryptocurrency while it was in the quintuple digits is going to be really disappointed looking at any market graph right now

 

[the_randomizer]

Anyone that bought Bitcoin-based cryptocurrency while it was in the quintuple digits is going to be really disappointed looking at any market graph right now

Would it be rude for me to say "fuck all those who are causing these issues and mining them, causing the prices of GPUs to go up"? Because that's what I want to say to those dumbasses who do this.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Would it be rude for me to say "fuck all those who are causing these issues and mining them, causing the prices of GPUs to go up"? Because that's what I want to say to those dumbasses who do this.

I don't mind the people who passively mine (heck, I do it myself), but yeah, absolutely fuck the people who buy out entire stock of GPUs to build farms exclusively for mining

 

[the_randomizer]

I don't mind the people who passively mine (heck, I do it myself), but yeah, absolutely fuck the people who buy out entire stock of GPUs to build farms exclusively for mining

I was about to say that towards a certain foreign demographic who was solely responsible for this debacle, and I hope that the bitcoin/crypto currency market crashes hard, like complete and utter collapse. Oh how glorious and cathartic that will be. What a bunch of inconsiderate assholes. Fuckwits.

 

[Futurdreamz]

The whole thing is a scam. Bitcoin was never designed to scale this far (except for the age-old tradition of we-will-figure-it-out-later-what-do-you-mean-people-refuse-to-upgrade?) and it's useless as a currency and far too unstable as an investment.

 

[the_randomizer]

The whole thing is a scam. Bitcoin was never designed to scale this far (except for the age-old tradition of we-will-figure-it-out-later-what-do-you-mean-people-refuse-to-upgrade?) and it's useless as a currency and far too unstable as an investment.

All the more reason I await the day the market for this and all similar "eCurrency" dies an ignominious death.


"But muh bitcoin" they'll say, yeah, well boo hoo

 

[TotalInsanity4]

The whole thing is a scam. Bitcoin was never designed to scale this far (except for the age-old tradition of we-will-figure-it-out-later-what-do-you-mean-people-refuse-to-upgrade?) and it's useless as a currency and far too unstable as an investment.

There are altcoins that were designed to fix that issue (DASH, Ethereum and to an extent, Litecoin come to mind), but as a singular asset Bitcoin is a SUPER awful transactional format. At this point all it's good for is long-term investing, and that's a horrible idea for obvious reasons

 

[Essometer]

Bitcoin just crashed, so miners are trying to mine the shit out of it to gain bitcoin while it's cheap, hoping it'll peak again soon

I think it's the crypto hype in general. Why wouldn't the Miners just buy while it's cheap?

 

[the_randomizer]

I think it's the crypto hype in general. Why wouldn't the Miners just buy while it's cheap?

Because they're being asses about it and screwing over hardware costs. So yeah, I hope it crashes and burns, this is why we can't have nice things. Screw crypto.